My neighbor watched me true a wheel in the garage and asked why I was squeezing spokes like a stress ball

Amy Ross · 2026-09-30T02:40:02.857111+00:00

I was squeezing the spokes on my rear wheel way too hard while trying to true it, and my neighbor Ron, who used to build wheels at a shop in Sacramento, pointed out I was pulling the rim out of round instead of just fixing the wobble. He told me to use a spoke wrench and feel for tension with a light pluck instead of death-gripping each one, and that alone cut my true-up time from like 45 minutes to 15. Now I'm wondering if I should even bother with a tensiometer or just trust my fingers at this point?

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